Desired Candidate Profile
1) Responsible for the coordination of care for transplant patients, living donors,and their families.
2) Coordinates patient entry and introduction to the transplant program
3) Facilitates care of the end stage organ failure patient referred to transplant program
4) Coordinates patient entry and introduction to the transplant program.
5) Coordinates medical, surgical, financial, psychosocial, nutrition, and pharmaceutical evaluation and on-going care needs of transplant and living donor patients
6) Participates in patient care planning and selection conference
7) Lists patients for transplant in a timely manner to facilitate access to donated organs.
8) Registers living donors for directed and non-directed donation in a timely manner to facilitate matching in the transplant program and paired exchange registries, if applicable.
9) Maintains the UNOS waiting list according to program policies and procedures, regulatory requirements, and national guidelines.
10) Remains knowledgeable of all listed patients' status to ensure patient safety and facilitate organ placement in collaboration with transplant physicians
11) Facilitates patient care as case manager for transplant patients and living donors pre-operatively, inpatient, discharge planning and discharge, post-discharge, and for an indefinite period of time as determined by the multidisciplinary transplant team.
12) Functions as part of the multidisciplinary transplant team; communicates patient needs to transplant team members
13) Must be able to provide age-specific care and intervention.
14) Assess, plan, and advocate for the patient and families in coordination of care along the continuum with the transplant team, support personnel, community physicians, and outside agencies.
15) Provides accurate and timely documentation of care.
16) Demonstrates ability to independently make complex care decisions within established protocols.
17) Uses critical thinking skills through the process, and involves the patient, family, community physicians and ancillary providers, and the multidisciplinary team to establish and update the plan of care appropriately.
18) Provides coordination of patient care and facilitates organ acquisition and transplantation through effective performance of on-call responsibilities in collaboration with transplant physicians
Education:
UG: Any Graduate - Any Specialization
PG: Any Postgraduate - Any Specialization
Doctorate: Doctorate Not Required
Contact Details:
Keyskills:
Medical
Patient Care
Coordination
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